I’d appreciate opinions from RMAF 2017 Show attendees on the Elac Adante AF61


Hello all:

I didn’t have the opportunity to attend RMAF 2017 this year and I am very interested in the new Elac Adante AF-61 floor standing loudspeakers.  Of course I’ll find a means to audition before purchase but I did watch/listen to a couple of 4-5 minute internet show coverage videos. Allowing for poor audio quality of the show coverage videos, they sounded a bit strident or metallic in their upper mids and treble registers. Opinions would be very much appreciated. Thanks so much!

normie57
The ELAC rooms are always packed, especially when Andrew Jones is "holding court".  I did not have the best seat but I thought the ELAC's sounded very good and great for their price range, but not even close to the best at the show. The best sounding speakers were in the Gryphon room!





I truly appreciate all of your valuable opinions!  My suspicion is that the Elac AF-61 were the best loudspeakers in their price range or even slightly beyond, as Mr Jones has great experience and has received much acclaim for his fabulous sounding concentric designs.
Yes indeed, an audition is in my future and quite possibly a purchase. 
Many thanks!

My suspicion is that the Elac AF-61 were the best loudspeakers in their price range or even slightly beyond
Not sure about that. Some show reports say that the Tektons were also very good loudspeakers and are priced much less.
They sounded good, maybe just a touch of metallic coloration in the upper highs.  It most certainly was not the best sounding room at the show, at least not to my ears.  It was probably very close to the best room for the money.  I agree with shoff, Gryphon room sounded sublime.  I really liked Legacy, even though it was setup more in the open space.  And Raidho room also sounded awesome.
I heard them on both Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday, Mr. Jones was giving a presentation.  The room was jam packed and hard to get into but I managed to work my way forward over time.  He's a very entertaining speaker (no pun intended) and made the listening that much better. His choice of songs was impeccable which certainly helped the quality of the demo.  There was a Q&A session and one of the questions that came up was 'how did you make the highs sound so open and engaging' (or something like that) and his answer focused on the work he had done on the concentric driver.   I left saying 'wow - I want to hear more and will return'.

On Sunday, I returned and the crowd was much smaller. At the time they were playing some chamber music - and the presenter was not nearly as engaging.  To be fair, this is not a genre of music I can judge, and I didn't want to hang out too long waiting for it to change, so I can't add a second listening opinion.

I would definitely take a listen and see what you think.  There's a lot of competition in the price range (Revel, Focal, Golden Ear to name a few) but these are definitely worth consideration.  Hopefully you can find a dealer who can demo them well.